What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[Tonyrodz]

I tried cleaning ( with the good stuff)... a Honda Civic ...stock headlights had a factory film. Couldn't polish the plastic.

That happened to me a few times. I had to go down on the grit of my sandpaper to get through it--took awhile but I'd get through it. I used a palm sander with a 3 inch pad, after that I'd buff the lens with a wool pad and some 3m plastic polish, then seal it with the uv protector.

 

[blackelky]

Did your purge valve kit come with instructions and hoses to relocate the purge valve to up by the filler neck from down by the frame?
The kit I purchased when I changed out the purge valve on my sister's 2008 Silverado did.
Purge valve was stuck closed and it would take fuel at a trickle.

Yeah it was the new conversion kit from from GM came with new lines and everything.

 

[Doubeleive]

had to order new bushings for my spohn boxed lower control arms, the bushing has split on at least 1 so ordered all 8, need them right away before next weekend

 

[Doubeleive]

atleast they are serviceable, if I didn't need them right away it would have been half that price

 

[gooffeyguy]

had to order new bushings for my spohn boxed lower control arms, the bushing has split on at least 1 so ordered all 8, need them right away before next weekend
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How old are they?

 

[Doubeleive]

How old are they?

I think about 4 years, I am kind of rough on things so not entirely surprised, I am sure the oem arms would still be fine I still have them in the backyard but I like these spohn so opted to just buy the bushings and unless I have to take something else off to access the bottom bolts then it should only take a few minutes to swap the bushings out

 

[Charlie207]

Replaced two of the three power steering hoses: high & low pressure that connect to the rack. The third hose was supposed to arrive today, but Scamazon lied to me about Prime delivery.

Either way I needed to replace whatever I could, as I was losing fluid at the cyclic rate. Fingers crossed I don't drip it all out at the school pick-up lane tomorrow.

I need to buy a new pump and reservoir by the look of the scaling rust/rot on the cast iron pump body, and the superbly bad condition of the rest of it, which will work cause I need a new pump for my 6.0 that'll swap in later.

 

[the_tool_man]

I changed the rear brake pads tonight. I caught them just in time. The wear indicator slots were gone on 2 of the 4.

 

[Charlie207]

Yay.

Machinist said the main and rod bearings were so good he would have felt bad selling me new ones. Middle cam bearings was trashed, so it was good I did more than just a head job.

The heads needed a valve job badly, and he had to spend extra time cleaning the intake ports, so he committed bead blasting the valve covers to stay under his initial quote.

 

[mountie]

View attachment 428656Yay.

Machinist said the main and rod bearings were so good he would have felt bad selling me new ones. Middle cam bearings was trashed, so it was good I did more than just a head job.

The heads needed a valve job badly, and he had to spend extra time cleaning the intake ports, so he committed bead blasting the valve covers to stay under his initial quote.

Wow... A Yukon ... - .. 'rear engine'....

 

[Fubar0715]

Wow... A Yukon ... - .. 'rear engine'....

Ralph Nadar would not be happy - not safe at any speed!

 

[Sparksalot]

Ralph Nadar would not be happy - not safe at any speed!

Sure he would, as long as it was furrin’.

 

[Charlie207]

Well, that went way faster than I thought it would.

 

[blondie70]

Ordered a replacement drivers' durafoam seat cushion from the Seat Shop.

 

[Charlie207]

Ordered a replacement drivers' durafoam seat cushion from the Seat Shop.

I need to do that, but other projects keep superceding.

 

[89Suburban]

Well, that went way faster than I thought it would.

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Holy fak that is some serious weekend warrior sht right there wow

 

[Grady_Wilson]

Well, that went way faster than I thought it would.

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Good job on getting that engine in your shed with no cherry picker.

I used to work with a veritable mountain of a man that pulled a Jeep short block out of his pickup and held it up so his son could attach it to an engine stand.
The dude is a monster, shaking his hand was like shaking a catcher's mitt.
If he has sunglasses on the top of his head he will knock them off walking through a doorway and he's about as wide as a doorway.

 

[preinternet]

I dedicated a lot of time to some mods on my Tahoe this weekend. I replaced my low beam halogen lights with one of HID Guy's kits, plasti dipped my chrome surround on my grille, tried to repaint my front bowtie (FAIL!), replaced my interior lights with LEDs, installed my holster under my steering column, and replaced a seatbelt latch on the driver's seat. Now I'm waiting on my rear door actuators to come in as well as the billet bowties I ordered. As soon as they get here I'll get to installing them too. Long weekend but I got it done. What did you do to your Tahoe/Yukon?

Kicked it

 

[Charlie207]

Good job on getting that engine in your shed with no cherry picker.

I used to work with a veritable mountain of a man that pulled a Jeep short block out of his pickup and held it up so his son could attach it to an engine stand.
The dude is a monster, shaking his hand was like shaking a catcher's mitt.
If he has sunglasses on the top of his head he will knock them off walking through a doorway and he's about as wide as a doorway.

That's the basement. I had realized the engine stand almost reached the stand plate when it was bolted to the block, so I mounted that, and made a little ramp rod the stand wheels. The block tilted and slid right out of the back of the car.

The only heavy lifting was getting the stand wheels 3-4" up over the threshold for the basement doors.

 

[gooffeyguy]

That's the basement. I had realized the engine stand almost reached the stand plate when it was bolted to the block, so I mounted that, and made a little ramp rod the stand wheels. The block tilted and slid right out of the back of the car.

The only heavy lifting was getting the stand wheels 3-4" up over the threshold for the basement doors.

How much does that aluminum block weigh you think?